Is There Any Kind Of Casserole You Can Make With Baked Beans?

[AutumnLeaves]

My mom bought, and opened, a big can of baked beans. It's more than we can eat. They're also overly sweet. Can I make something out of them? How do you think it would taste mixed with mac and cheese with ham and bell peppers?

[Guppy]

Baked beans rock!! Dont even think about meesing them up with casseroles or pasta. Maybe put a little BBQ suace in them.

[SugarPie394051]

Invent Your Own Casserole

1 (8-ounce) carton sour cream
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper

CHOOSE ONE FROM EACH CATEGORY:

SAUCE MAKERS:
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of celery soup, undiluted
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can Cheddar cheese soup, undiluted
2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans Italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained

CHOOSE ONE FISH/MEAT/POULTRY:
2 (6-ounce) cans solid white tuna, drained and flaked
2 cups chopped cooked chicken
2 cups chopped cooked ham
2 cups chopped cooked turkey
1 pound ground beef, browned and drained

CHOOSE ONE PASTA/RICE:
2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
1 cup uncooked rice
4 cups uncooked wide egg noodles
3 cups uncooked medium shells

CHOOSE ONE FROZEN VEGETABLE:
1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1 (10-ounce) package frozen cut broccoli
1 (10-ounce) package frozen Italian green beans
1 (10-ounce) package frozen English peas
1 (16-ounce) package frozen sliced yellow squash
1 (10-ounce) package frozen whole kernel corn

CHOOSE ONE OR MORE EXTRAS (OPTIONAL):
1 (3-ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
1/4 cup sliced ripe olives
1/4 cup chopped bell pepper
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped celery
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles
1 (1 1/4-ounce) envelope taco seasoning mix

TOPPINGS:
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup fine, dry breadcrumbs

Combine 1 (8-ounce) carton sour cream, 1 cup milk, 1 cup water, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper with Sauce Maker (omit sour cream and milk when using tomatoes). Stir in Pasta/Rice, Frozen Vegetable, Fish/Meat/Poultry, and if desired, Extras.
Spoon casserole mixture into a lightly greased 13- x 9- x 2-inch baking dish; sprinkle with your choice of toppings.

Cover and bake casserole at 350º for 1 hour and 10 minutes; uncover and bake 10 additional minutes.

Chicken Casserole: Cream of chicken soup, broccoli, rice, chicken, Parmesan cheese, and breadcrumbs.

Ham Casserole: Cream of celery soup, Italian green beans, wide egg noodles, ham, garlic, and 2 portions Swiss cheese.

Turkey Casserole: Italian-style diced tomatoes, spinach, medium pasta shells, turkey, onion, garlic, mozzarella cheese, adn breadcrumbs.

Vegetarian Casserole: Italian-style diced tomatoes, yellow squash, rice, olives, 4 portions celery, 4 portions bell pepper, garlic, parmesan cheese, and breadcrumbs.

Yield: 6 servings

--Southern Living, NOVEMBER 1996

[H-man860]

24/10/09
Casserole:- Baked Bean
2 cans of Baked Beans (400gm)
Diced Ham Ends.
Diced Onion.
Worcestershire Sauce (to taste)
Pom Poms.
Empty baked beans into a casserole disk and add the onions.
Dice the ham ends into 9mm cubes and add. (cooked sausage rings would do)
Add the Worcestershire sauce (to taste)
Taste test.
Top with the potato Pom Poms and bake at 180C until it is all hot and bubbly. 20-30 minutes.

[pinhed_1976603]

slice 4 onions thick, place in bottom of casserole dish, slather the baked beans on top, then coat with a tomato paste/garlic topping

[smdiner140]

mix with the mac and cheese with ham and bell peppers and then:

1 onion
1 medium sized corgette
6 decent quality sausages
1 tin plum tomatoes
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1 teaspoon cumin
splash of tabasco sauce
1 teaspoon dried sage
1/2 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
75ml red wine


1) Preheat oven to 180c
2) Grill sausages on medium heat until golden brown
3) In the meantime, gently fry the onion and corgette in a oven/hob proof pot for a few minutes until soft.
4) Once soft, add plum tomatoes (squash with fork in tin as pouring them in) and then add baked beans (remove excess juice before adding to the mix)
5) Mix together on a medium heat and add all herbs, spices and wine.
6) Chop cooked sausages into 3 pieces per sausage on a diagional and add to sauce.
7) Place pot in oven, and cook for 40 mins.
8) Remove from oven. Season to taste.
9) Serve between two, with basmati rice or a large jacket potat

[AnswersbyAndie174]

Hi Autumn!

Call me over-simplistic, but I would buy a couple of cans of other types of beans to mix with them (maybe a can of white navy beans and a can of black beans)...be sure to drain and rinse these two cans of beans) they should bring down the overly sweet taste you found in the baked beans.

Then get a big spicy sausage (spicy if you like spicy, if not just regular german or kielbasa) and slice it in about 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch slices, then stir fry them on med to med low for a few minutes till a little bit brown, in approx one to two tablespoon of canola oil.

THen add to the beans, and bake in the oven for about l/2 hour at 375 degrees till hot and bubbly. PS If you wanted to add some veggies to this dish, you could stir fly some onions and green pepper and add to the beans, also!

Serve with a salad and some cornbread, or bisquits, and you've got a great, hot, healthy meal, and probably some leftovers for lunches!

Enjoy!
Andie